On Memorial Day 1889, the South Fork Dam gave way under record rainfall—sending a 40-foot wall of water crashing into Johnstown. More than 2,200 lives were lost in minutes, marking one of the ...

Meanwhile, approximately 14 miles away, in the city of Johnstown, the people were largely unaware of the catastrophic failure of the South Fork Dam. They were huddled inside their homes, taking ...

The Cambria County Conservation and Recreation Authority will hold two bicycle safety events as part of the Path of the Flood Trail's 2025 designation as Pennsylvania's Trail of the Year. The first ...

May 31—SOUTH FORK, Pa. — Members of the Johnstown community will get a chance to retrace the path of the 1889 flood on Tuesday at the site where the dam broke and on the city streets where its ...

The dam was rebuilt just 10 years later after a minor breach occurred. The rebuilding of the dam created Lake Conemaugh, a large human-made lake that was held back by the South Fork Dam.

Johnstown, PA (WJAC) — Tuesday marked the 133rd anniversary of the 1889 Great Johnstown Flood in which the South Fork Dam broke and water rushed into the city.

The South Fork Dam in Pennsylvania was a 72-ft-tall, 931-ft long earth and rockfill structure. After a stop-and-start construction process over a dozen years, it was completed in 1853.

TULSA, Okla. — The catastrophic failure of the South Fork Dam in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, on May 31, 1889, left a deep scar in American history. The disaster, which claimed 2,200 lives and ...

Park rangers at the Johnstown Flood National Memorial stand among 2,209 luminarias on the breast of the former South Fork Dam on the 133rd anniversary of the Johnstown Flood.

For 125 years, a millionaire club's modifications to the South Fork Dam have been targets of blame – but unproven culprits – for the 1889 Johnstown flood.